Republican presidential candidate and former US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024.
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Former President Donald Trump vowed Friday to hold another campaign rally in the same part of Pennsylvania where he survived an assassination attempt less than two weeks ago.
Trump said the upcoming rally in Butler will be a memorial for firefighter Corey Comperatore, who was killed in the July 13 attack, and others who were injured.
“FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!” Trump wrote in capital letters. Authentic Social Posts In announcing the rally, he referenced three words he spoke to his supporters shortly after the shooting.
Trump’s Friday afternoon post did not include specifics about when or where the rally would take place, but a source familiar with the campaign said the Trump campaign is planning to hold an indoor rally in the wake of the assassination attempt. He told NBC News.
The US Secret Service Reportedly It advised campaigns to stop holding outdoor rallies.
Trump suffered a minor ear injury in the incident, but he and former White House physician and current Congressman Ronny Jackson claim it was caused by an assassin’s bullet.
FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Wednesday that Trump’s injury was more likely By debrisThis has angered allies of the Republican presidential candidate.
Trump also slammed Wray, writing in another Truth Social post on Friday that the director’s comments were “very harmful to the great people who work at the FBI.”
